| | Share | | | Forward | | By hello@growdigital.org (Jake Rayson) on Oct 22, 2019 09:04 pm | A bird’s eye view of my approach to designing a forest garden, in the form a slideshow and screencast | I’ve been asking friends and colleagues for feedback about what would make a good online course for forest gardening. Not only has this been an excellent excuse to catch up via a video call with some lovely people, it has also been really educational. | What is striking is the desire for the process to be simplified, clearing a path so that people can feel comfortable learning to get started. This doesn’t mean simplifying gardening, rather it means making it more accessible. | So, I made a 10 page slideshow to help my friends out called Forest Garden Overview, think of it as an aerial view! | If that’s TL;DR, then here’s the content summarised even more: | Useful - plants that are useful to humans and other life forms! Native - native plants are generally better for native wildlife Aspect - figure out the orientation of your garden Soil - find out your soil type Structure - think in layers when designing your garden Choosing plants - two great websites for helping you choose plants PFAF and RHS
| If the slideshow’s not enough for you, I made my first ever screencast, 20 minutes long, explaining the presentation (please note, unshaved & unedited, with lots of “ums” in!) | As you can probably gather by now, I’m as interested by wildlife gardening as by forest gardening, indeed, I believe they are mutually compatible. By gardening with someone else in mind, we start gardening for everyone 🙂 | Read in browser » | | | Recent Articles: | Bruce Slark Forest Garden Talk | More or less politics | Wildlife: the power of a name | Pivot | Hawthorn all the way | | | |
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